(a) A “dangerous crime against a child” means any criminal sexual conduct against a minor under the age of 14 years as defined in §§ 770-773, § 777A, §§ 778 through 778A, or §§ 1108 through 1112B of this title. For purposes of this section only, and § 762(a) of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, the defendant may use as an affirmative defense that the defendant believed that the victim of the crime was over the age of 16 years of age.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this title, a person who is at least 18 years of age, or who has been tried as an adult and who is convicted of a dangerous crime against a child as defined in subsection (a) of this section, shall be guilty of a class B felony. For a second offense under this section, the Court shall impose a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
(c) A person sentence pursuant to this section shall not be eligible for suspension of sentence, probation, pardon or release from confinement on any basis until the sentence imposed by the Court has been served.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Subchapter II. Offenses Against the Person
§ 601. Offensive touching; unclassified misdemeanor; class A misdemeanor.
§ 602. Menacing; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 603. Reckless endangering in the second degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 604. Reckless endangering in the first degree; class E felony.
§ 605. Abuse of a pregnant female in the second degree; class C felony.
§ 606. Abuse of a pregnant female in the first degree; class B felony.
§ 607. Strangulation or suffocation; class B or D felony; penalty; affirmative defense.
§ 607A. Aggravated strangulation; penalty; defenses.
§ 611. Assault in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 612. Assault in the second degree; class D felony.
§ 613. Assault in the first degree; class B felony.
§ 614. Abuse of a sports official; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 621. Terroristic threatening.
§ 622. Hoax device; class F felony.
§ 625. Unlawfully administering drugs; class A misdemeanor.
§ 627. Prohibited acts as to substances releasing vapors or fumes; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 628A. Vehicular assault in the second degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 629. Vehicular assault in the first degree; class F felony.
§ 631. Criminally negligent homicide; class D felony.
§ 632. Manslaughter; class B felony.
§ 633. Murder by abuse or neglect in the second degree; class B felony.
§ 634. Murder by abuse or neglect in the first degree; class A felony.
§ 635. Murder in the second degree; class A felony.
§ 636. Murder in the first degree; class A felony.
§ 641. Extreme emotional distress.
§ 645. Promoting suicide; class F felony.
§ 761. Definitions generally applicable to sexual offenses.
§ 762. Provisions generally applicable to sexual offenses.
§ 763. Sexual harassment; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 764. Indecent exposure in the second degree; unclassified misdemeanor.
§ 765. Indecent exposure in the first degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 766. Incest; class A misdemeanor.
§ 767. Unlawful sexual contact in the third degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 768. Unlawful sexual contact in the second degree; class F felony.
§ 769. Unlawful sexual contact in the first degree; class D felony.
§ 770. Rape in the fourth degree; class C felony.
§ 771. Rape in the third degree; class B felony.
§ 772. Rape in the second degree; class B felony.
§ 773. Rape in the first degree; class A felony.
§ 774. Sexual extortion; class E felony.
§ 776. Continuous sexual abuse of a child; class B felony.
§ 777. Dangerous crime against a child, definitions, sentences.
§ 777A. Sex offender unlawful sexual conduct against a child.
§ 780. Female genital mutilation.
§ 780A. Sexual intercourse or penetration with a person in custody; class F felony.
§ 780B. Unlawful sexual contact with a person in custody; class G felony.
§ 781. Unlawful imprisonment in the second degree; class A misdemeanor.
§ 782. Unlawful imprisonment in the first degree; class G felony.
§ 783. Kidnapping in the second degree; class C felony.
§ 783A. Kidnapping in the first degree; class B felony.
§ 784. Defense to unlawful imprisonment and kidnapping.
§ 785. Interference with custody; class G felony; class A misdemeanor.
§ 786. Kidnapping and related offenses; definitions.